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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

January 1976

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1128Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1210Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1211Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1212Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1213Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1214Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1216Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1217Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1218Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1219Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1220Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Cold21Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1222Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 131Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 14Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring5Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 16Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, January 21, 1976

Lunar 一九七五年 · 腊月廿一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

A daily reflection is not a prediction. Use it as a prompt for attentive, self-directed choices.

24 Solar Terms

Follow the seasonal rhythm, from today into the next turn.

  1. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    1976-01-06

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1976-01-21

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Thu

    1976-02-05

    In 15 days

  4. Rain Water

    Thu

    1976-02-19

    In 29 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 大寒

Year cycle

乙卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

己丑

腊月廿一

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMarriageWelcome a son-in-lawFuneral preparation

Avoid

Traditional cautions for the day; treat them as a pause for discernment.

Move into a homeSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

Avoid

Almanac information and Daily Insight are offered for traditional-culture reference and personal reflection only. They are not professional, medical, legal, or financial advice.

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